Free & Low-Cost Clinics in La Mesa, CA

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 5 clinics in La Mesa. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Family Health Centers Of San Diego INC — 5 sites here, 74 in total. 166,072 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 39% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near La Mesa

• Lemon Grove (6) · 2 mi
• Spring Valley (2) · 3 mi
• El Cajon (15) · 4 mi
• Santee (1) · 5 mi
• San Diego (98) · 6 mi
• National City (12) · 8 mi
• Lakeside (2) · 9 mi
• Chula Vista (20) · 10 mi

New to community health centers?

• How the sliding-fee scale works — and how to qualify
• What to bring to your first visit
• Getting care with no insurance

La Mesa at a Glance

Every clinic listed above is a federally funded community health center — it treats you with or without insurance, regardless of immigration status, and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Here's what the HRSA and federal NPI registry data shows for La Mesa specifically:

• 4,596 patients living in ZIP code 91942 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 16% of them had no insurance.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 of 5 clinics list a website.
• 5 of 5 are part of a program that reports dental services in federal UDS data (program-level, not per-site — call to confirm dental is offered at this address).
• Reported weekly hours: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.